Try one of those mind training games for a couple of months and you'll see how lame this kind of study is.
The problem with current research is it's requiring too much previous knowledge to grasp even the abstract. And it's getting more granular and harder to sell with mainstream headlines. I actually prefer it this way.
There is a large amount of neuroscience research from the last decade that didn't make it to mainstream media. Specially things that could offend people or cults.
Mainstream media is obsolete because of this. A small blog post with proper explanations as popups or links to references (even Wikipedia) delivers more efficiently.